The DSPCA is offering subsidised dog microchipping for just €10 after one animal was reunited with its owners two years after going missing.
aya the French Bulldog was returned to its owners in Galway last week with the help of her registered microchip.
The dog was found in the middle of a busy road in Dublin and when a volunteer scanned her microchip, it revealed she had been flagged as “lost/stolen” two years ago.
Following the successful reuniting, the DSPCA has restarted its subsidised microchipping clinics.
The first clinic, which will see dogs microchipped for just €10, will run this Saturday, January 28 between 11.30am and 3.30pm in the DSPCA Rescue Centre in Rathfarnham.
“Microchipping your dog is a legal requirement in Ireland and is the most effective and easiest way of reuniting owners with their pet should he/she ever go missing. It is also proof of ownership of your dog,” Gillian Bird from the DSPCA said.
The microchip itself is a tiny chip, the size of a piece of rice, which is inserted between the dog’s shoulder blades.
Each chip contains a unique 15-digit code which allows your dog to be easily identified should it be brought to a veterinary clinic or animal shelter. This is done using a microchip scanner.
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The microchip’s unique 15-digit code is registered with FIDO (a government approved microchip database) with your details and your dog’s details.
When your dog has been registered you will receive a FIDO microchip certificate via the post within two to three weeks.
The DSPCA shared an emotional video of the moment Baya was returned to her owners last week and said the case is further proof of how important it is to microchip pets.
“Baya was found in the middle of a busy road here in Dublin by a kind lady who brought her to us,” a DSPCA spokesperson said.
“We were able to reunite her with her heartbroken owners with one simple phone call. We knew it was going to be very emotional. The video says it all.
“It was only on Friday that we posted about the importance of microchipping your pets and then little Baya came.
“They would never have found her had it not been for her microchip, so please everyone, make sure your pet is microchipped and registered to you. You owe it to them.”
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